Service Description

Chekhov master teachers, Liz Shipman and Lisa Dalton, are offering a special ONLINE workshop! November 7-9, 9-11:30 am PST EACH DAY. Pay one low price for the entire weekend workshop! Description: Discover Space and Focus as rich artistic resources where the actor is at the “center of it all.” Unlock your creativity with intuitive, physical, and deeply experiential exercises to discover how to inhabit a text and charge your activities with newfound purpose and power. Lisa will introduce Michael Chekhov's “5 Focal Points” as found on the Chart of Inspired Acting and Liz will introduce Laban-inspired 5 Levels of Awareness. Apply these practical tools to a one minute text or improvise dialogue with activity to make every gesture, every pause, and every movement resonate with meaning. We will develop “little pieces of art” to share in our works-in-progress on our final day. Instructor Bios: Lisa Dalton Lisa is a Master Certifying Teacher for the world’s longest running Teacher/Director/Actor Chekhov Certification program. She is the President of the National Michael Chekhov Association, and along with Wil Kilroy and Mala Powers (Chekhov Estate Executrix/personal friend/student of MC), founded NMCA in 1993. Lisa has sustained an entertainment career since 1976 in New York, Los Angeles and Texas. Behind the camera, Lisa shot, produced or directed a dozen independent films ranging from documentary to shorts. As a stunt gal, she doubled Meryl Streep, Cher, Madonna and appeared in blockbusters like Ghost Busters, Splash, Highlander, Money Pit, Crocodile Dundee, and cult classic, Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon. Lisa rides a BMW 1250 GSA motorcycle, enjoys golfing, hiking and wants to get back to SCUBA diving. www.chekhov.net; www.lisadalton.com. Liz Shipman: Liz is a specialist in psychophysical actor training. Her work integrates the theories and practices of Michael Chekhov, Rudolph Laban and Arthur Lessac voice work. Liz was Co-Founder/Artistic Director for the Kings County Shakespeare Company (KCSC) in NYC from 1983-2001, where she was involved in over 50 productions. She has directed, choreographed and taught movement and acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Technique for the Whole Actor Studio, T. Schreiber Studio, Manhattan Marymount College, The Atlantic Theatre Company, Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts, USD’s Theatre Arts Program and The Old Globe. She co-founded MCIAT with Lisa Berger in 2013. More at mciatstudio.com/faculty. html